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azmom

(5,208 posts)
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 11:09 PM Jun 2015

Civil rights and social issues

This was on Betonbernie site
http://m.thenation.com/blog/175888-timid-supplication-justice-will-not-solve-problem

But some visions transcend time.

It was right to believe in not just the necessity but the possibiliy of transforming the America of 1963.

It is right to believe in not just the necessity but the possibility of transforming the America of 2013.

"We have come a long, long way in a lot of areas in fulfilling some of the visions that this great man had," Bernie Sanders said as he reflected on Dr. King and the march he attended fifty years ago. "But, on the other hand, let us not forget for one second that a lot of what he talked about, a lot of his dreams, still have not been fulfilled. So we have got a lot of work that remains in front of us if, in fact, we are going to fully honor and give respect to this very, very great man."

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Civil rights and social issues (Original Post) azmom Jun 2015 OP
MLK and Bernie, on the same page aspirant Jun 2015 #1

aspirant

(3,533 posts)
1. MLK and Bernie, on the same page
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 12:47 AM
Jun 2015

"Freedom budget", "riches of freedom and the security of justice", "Poor People's Campaign"

MLK's issues are resurfacing and coming alive in 2016 with Bernie Sanders

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